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Words for AP Comp
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aphorism | A brief forceful and normally concise statement of an opinion or truth. Ex. Traffic lights are always red while in a hurry. |
| Assonance | When the vowel sound in words with different contiences are repeated. Ex. Jake cannot Skate |
| Asyndeton | The writing of sentences without conjunctions. Ex. Live, Laugh, Love. |
| Catachresis | Incorrect use of words for effect. Ex. I literally died. |
| Connotation | A certain emotion association with a word or phrase. Ex. Instead of curious; weird. |
| Epanalepsis | Repeating the same word, clause, or phrase in the beginning and end. Ex. Nothing is worse than doing nothing. |
| Alliteration | A Figure that emphasizes the sound of the beginning consonant sound in two or more words in a sentence Ex. Teacher Taught me Time Tables |
| Allusion | A figure that casually references something such as a famous person, historical event, place, or work of art. Generally, the reference is well-known. |
| Analogy | A figure that contains a similarity between two things to make a point |
| Anaphora | Repetition of a word or phrase in two or more verses, clauses, or sentences. |
| Anesis | Adding a sentence that diminishes the meaning of what has previously been said. |
| Antimetabole | Words in a phrase or sentence is repeated exactly or closely in reverse order in the next phrase or sentence. |
| Antithesis | A figure which contains two contrasting ideas which unbalance the sentence. |
| Epizeucis | 2 or more words repeated after eachother. |
| Metaphor | comparioson between 2 unlike things sharing something in common |
| epistrophe | when multiple sentences in a row end the same. |
| hyperbole | exaggerating something to make a point |
| metonymy | when one word or phrase is in place of another because it is closely associated |
| euphemismos | used to change an originally unpleasant or repulsive phrase into a pleasing one |
| oxymoron | 2 words that are used together that usually contradict |
| paradox | a true statement that contradicts itself |
| parallelism | a succession of smilar phrases in a sentence. |
| personifications | giving inaminate objects human characteristics. |
| polysedeton | the repetitive use of a conjunction |
| rhetorical question | a question with no real answer |
| scesis onomaton | a string of phrases with the same meaning. |
| sententia | summarizes a snetnce with a punch. |
| simile | a comparison using like or as |
| syploce | the repitition of the beginning and ending in a sentence |
| syllogism | a deductive argument with 3 reasons. major premis minor premis and conclusion. |
| synecdoche | a figure of speech wherin part something represents the whole. Ex. A hospital did this. |
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